Yellow-billed jacamar
| Yellow-billed jacamar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Galbulidae |
| Genus: | Galbula |
| Species: | G. albirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Galbula albirostris Latham, 1790 | |
The yellow-billed jacamar (Galbula albirostris) is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is a bird of the Amazon Basin; its range is only on the north side of the Amazon River, except at the river's outlet in a small region of northeastern Pará state, Brazil. The Andes cordillera is the western limit of the species.
Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula albirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Yellow-billed jacamar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Yellow-billed jacamar photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
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